Conflict over pot laws

More than a decade after California voters approved legalized medical marijuana, an explosion of dispensaries and patients has cities and counties scrambling to regulate the operations. Harrison Sheppard in the Daily News.

In Los Angeles - where the number of dispensaries soared from just a handful to more than 200 in the past two years - stunned city officials recently passed a moratorium on new clinics until they can develop guidelines.

Hundreds of other cities up and down California have no regulations at all on medical marijuana dispensaries, including at least 28 where clinics or delivery services are operating, according to a Daily News analysis.